As one of New York City’s oldest and largest cemeteries, Green-Wood is an extraordinary resource for genealogists and anyone seeking information about their family members.

With more than 560,000 burials, the earliest dating to 1840, Green-Wood estimates that its genealogical information relates to over 20 million individuals alive today. That translates to a massive volume of unique genealogical resources.

It’s why we don’t just call our services genealogy; we call it “Green-ealogy.”

What you can expect

There is often variation within the individual records, but most of Green-Wood’s files contain vital information for each burial: the cause of death, age at death, and late residence. Many also have the names of other family members, original family and business correspondence, and other unique documents.

A typical Set of Findings includes:

Summary of research discoveries.

Photocopies or scans of archival documents.

Photograph(s) of a burial lot and/or monument.

Map of lot location.

Fees

Our fees are $28 per half-hour of research. Photocopies, digital scans and/or photographs of a gravestone or memorial carry small additional charges, as listed below.

Research Fee $28.00 (per half hour)

Photocopies $0.50 per page

Digital Scans $5.00 per scan

Digital Images (Photos) $25.00 per image

Processing/Handling Fee $5.00

Members of Green-Wood (Dual/Family level and above) receive a 10% discount on genealogy services. Enter your member ID at checkout.